Here I am. Sitting in the McDonald’s across the street from my hotel…counting down the hours and minutes until I board a jetplane to LA…upon which I will unite with my amazing squad and fly on to Manila, Philippines. And I think…wow this is actually here. This is actually happening.
With nothing much to do, I flipped on the TV and started searching to see what was on. It turns out I came across a documentary that was just starting about an orphanage in South Africa, called Agape. It followed the lives of a family of brothers and sisters who had lost both parents to AIDS, and was losing a brother to the same disease. The younger children were sent to Agape because the older sisters could not afford to feed all of them and send them to school. The documentary was about the Agape Choir and how singing brought them hope. That is all they had.
And the Lord touched me. He said to me, “This is my heart beating inside you. This is the life you are about to enter.” And my heart broke for those children on that documentary. All I wanted to do was grab them up in my arms and love on them. And I thought to myself, “Soon…my heart will be beating exactly in tune with that of my Creator as I love on some amazing Filipino children.”
My heart is full and overflowing. God has called me to the Nations and the time is now The adventure is about to begin. And I can’t wait. Lord, you have called me, and I am ready before you. Here I am, Jesus, me and only me. I bring nothing with me. Just me, that is my offering to You. Use me, allow me to be Your love to a hurting world. Here I am, Jesus, send me. I trust you, and I faithfully will follow where You lead. Let the journey begin. Amen.
